Count András Bethlen de Bethlen (26 July 1847 – 25 August 1898) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

between 1890 and 1894. He studied law in Budapest and national economy studies in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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from 1873 to 1882 in colours of the Liberal Party, which governed Hungary until 1890. Bethlen served as administrative chief of

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and

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(''Count of the Saxons''). Count

Gyula Szapáry Count Gyula Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (1 November 1832 – 20 January 1905) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892. Biography Born into a prominent Hungarian noble famil ...

appointed him Minister of Agriculture. Bethlen also hold the office in the next government (first cabinet of

Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle (14 November 1848 – 26 August 1921) was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister. He was the first non-noble to hold the office in Hungary. Biography He was born in Mór to a Danube Swabian family, i ...

). He founded the Institute of Experimental Plant and surveyed the introduction of the agricultural statistics. He also published articles on economics.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
* Frigyes Jekel: Gróf Bethlen András (1898, Brassó; Hungarian) 1847 births 1898 deaths Politicians from Cluj-Napoca Agriculture ministers of Hungary Members of the House of Representatives (Hungary) Andras {{Hungary-politician-stub